Chamber of Commerce places Santa Maria spin on enterprise networking at ‘Expo 2023’ occasion | Native Information

Based on Yuliana Nelson, the strategic initiatives supervisor for the Santa Maria Valley Chamber, this 12 months’s expo included the addition of a job honest. Nelson says there have been 80 to 90 cubicles and at the very least 32 are hiring workers.

Nelson urged anybody who missed the expo to go to the chamber’s web site at santamaria.com.

“We’re going to have a listing of the members within the expo in addition to the employers which can be hiring,” stated Nelson.

Numerous kinds of enterprise and organizations had been on the occasion, comparable to Home Violence Options, KIA Santa Maria, Sunlife Farm Inc., the Santa Maria Airport, Allan Hancock School, Dignity well being and Boys and Women Membership of the Mid Central Coast.

Leon Castillo, proprietor, CEO and president of Popolo Catering, who’s a Santa Maria Excessive Faculty graduate, was excited to characterize his enterprise on the expo.

“It is an honor to be right here. We’re new and increasing our enterprise into Santa Maria,” Castillo stated. “I’m trying ahead to assembly and networking with native companies and getting publicity right here in the neighborhood.”

Attendees didn’t depart empty-handed. Taking part cubicles gave away swag, together with treats, samples of their merchandise and raffle tickets. A raffle that many individuals had been speaking about was the possibility to win a tailgater grill, the giveaway was sponsored by Santa Maria BBQ Outfitters.

Group members had been seen having a good time on the occasion, comparable to Monica Sanchez, who attended with mates and was stunned by the kindness of the group.

“I’m pleased we have now an occasion like this as a result of I’m able to ask questions and in addition get a bunch of free stuff,” stated Sanchez. “That is my first time attending and I wasn’t anticipating everybody to be so good.”

When requested the way it feels having a sales space and with the ability to community, Vincenza Caicco, supervisor on the household owned Santa Maria BBQ Outfitters, says it was superior and the Chamber of Commerce takes excellent care of companies within the space.

“I can not thank them sufficient for the way a lot they’ve accomplished for our enterprise alone,” Caicco stated. “They’ve given again to the group large time and we actually actually admire it.

“There’s not quite a lot of chambers of commerce which can be like that in different areas. I’ve heard about individuals having arduous occasions via COVID they usually’ve powered via it so effectively.”

Amongst the cubicles was eXp Realty, the place realtors Belinda Popovich and enterprise associate Sonam Narayan gained their sales space spot as a result of they’re members of the ladies’s community.

“We acquired 4 giveaways that sort of mimic our closing baskets that we like to provide to our purchasers once they do ‘key day,’” stated Popovich. “We often tailor our baskets to suit every purchaser, so we simply sort of took just a few of the completely different themes with Area Drive, recreation night time, date night time, simply so we may unfold the like to everyone.”